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    situation based on ethical relativism‚ ethical egoism‚ deontological ethics and teleological ethics. There is a very fine line when taking action in today’s juvenile youth system. The laws are different concerning youth; therefore‚ every ethical situation is different and can be detrimental to the staff and the youth involved. This situation with Brian and Daren can be considered and compared to the ethics that best fit. Ethical Relativism Ethical relativism is based on the theory that

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    Identify the problems associated with ethical and cultural relativisms. Ethical relativism holds that no universal standards or rules can be used to guide or evaluate the morality of an act. This view argues that people set their own moral standards for judging their actions. Only the individual’s self-interest and values are relevant for judging his or her behavior. The logic of ethical relativism also extends to cultures. Cultural relativists would argue that firms and business

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    Conventional Morality and Ethical Relativism I - Kohlberg’s Moral Development Theory The theory holds that moral reasoning‚ the basis for ethical behavior‚ has six identifiable developmental stages‚ each more adequate at responding to moral dilemmas than its predecessor. Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development | | | | | Level One: Pre-conventional Morality | Stage 1: Punishment-Obedience Orientation | | Stage 2: Instrumental Relativist Orientation | Level Two: Conventional

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    Legalizing Marijuana Marc Dalcin Dr. Marie Carroll Ashford Intro To Ethics And Social Responsibility 08/10/12 Marijuana has been at the center of a heated debate regarding its legalization. It has received both criticism and praise in equal measure. Critics refer to marijuana as a “devil weed” while supporters have often referred it to a “miracle drug.” Despite the different references to marijuana‚ there has been a prolonged debate on whether it

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    Explain the origins and key ideas behind Absolutist and Relativist ethics. The Absolutist theory is that certain actions are right or wrong from an objective point of view; it doesn’t change according to culture. People are considered to have rational and self-determination – it means they are capable of making choices and acting upon them. So‚ someone who looks at something from a absolutist point of view doesn’t look at the result or the consequence of an action but the action itself‚ (they disregard

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    migration‚ trading‚ technical spread‚ and basically foreign direct investment. 2- Culture and Globalization Despite the fact that there are recently ongoing political‚ economic and even cultural uniformitarian of the world‚ relativism has been raised to the very urgent issues of a philosophical agenda‚ along with many other various disciplines. There is still the question‚ which is puzzling that all thoughts related to the concept of whether there is an extension of cultural

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    will present the opposite views of whether this is a bribery issue. We will analyze the different views based on cultural relativism‚ and evaluate the theory of cultural relativism as well. First‚ Let’s see what is cultural relativism and how does the vision of ethics associated with it diverge from the traditional ethical theories. Our textbook defines the cultural relativism is “the suspicion that values and morality are culture specific—they’re just what the community believes and not the result

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    He strongly believes that cultural relativism neither supports‚ proves‚ or demands any truth from ethical relativism‚ nor is cultural relativism make to morality relative. It also does not successfully argue against the moral absolutist view that there exists an absolute standard or set of principles for judging morality of actions. An objectivist

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    corporations based primarily on the ethical values embedded in corporate culture‚ and to see whether that model is generally stable across countries. The survey instrument used scales to measure the effects of corporate ethical values‚ idealism‚ and relativism on ethical intentions of Turkish‚ Thai‚ and American businesspeople. The samples include practitioner members of the American Marketing Association in the U.S.‚ and full-time businesspeople enrolled in executive MBA programs in Thailand and Turkey

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    Morality is a culturally conditioned response Moral philosophers‚ theologians and social scientists try to identify objective values so as to forestall the relativist menace. Moral relativism is a plausible doctrine‚ and it has important implications for how we conduct our lives‚ organize our societies and deal with others. Cannibals and child brides one person’s good can be another person’s bad. cannibalism 34% of cultures blood sports head hunting killing for pleasure scarification

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